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Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)Q & A Session

Research Administrators’ Seminar

3 December 2014

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Welcome and Introductions

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Preparations for ERA 2015• ERA team – university visits – 38 so far!• Broad range of issues and some common themes:• researcher eligibility (esp. <0.4FTE)• peer review sample• research reports• open access• explanatory statements

• ERA Helpdesk has also been active – we are here to help

Phone: + 61 2 6287 6755Email: era[@]arc.gov.au

• SEER open soon – 19 January 2015 – new Stage 0• ARC will implement ‘case manager’ approach

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REC Member and Peer Reviewer Recruitment

• Thank you. Very strong pool of potential reviewers. The ARC genuinely appreciates your contributions to ensuring the success of this approach

Research Evaluation Committee (REC) Membership• 8 REC Chairs announced in November - bring considerable experience and

ability to ensure ERA evaluations are of the highest standard• The ARC is in the process of contacting other selected members of the RECs• The ARC will announce the full list of RECs members in the coming months

after all contracts have been finalised• ELOs will be advised Peer Reviewers• The call for Peer Reviewer nominations closed on 26 November 2014• Approximately 1000 nominations – all submitted nominees will be engaged for

ERA 2015• Unsuccessful REC nominees in peer review disciplines will automatically be

contacted by the ARC to participate in the peer review process

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ERA 2015 Submission Timetable

Phase Activity Start Date Deadline Responsible

Submission

Stage 0

Stage 1

19 January 2015

23 February 2015

19 February 2015

13 March 2015

Institutions

Institutions

Stage 2 16 March 2015 7 April 2015 ARC, with Institutions

Stage 3 8 April 2015 13 April 2015 Institutions

Stage 4 14 April 2015 20 April 2015 Institutions

Researcher

Institution Submission

Applied MeasuresEsteem Measures

Research OutputResearch Income

Journal Article

Book

Book Chapter

Conference Publication

Original Creative work

Live Performance

Curated Exhibition or Event

Recorded or Rendered work

Research Report

Australian Competitive Grant

Other Public sector

CRC

Industry and Other

International Competitive Peer Review

International Other

Australian Industry and Other

Patent

Research Commerciali

sation Income

Registered Design

Plant Breeders

Right

NHMRC Endure

Guideline

Editor Work of Reference

Member of Learned

Academy

Recipient of Competitive Fellowship

Member of Statutory

Committee

Recipient of Aus. Council

grant or Fellowship

Researcher


Applied MeasuresEsteem Measures

Research OutputResearch Income

Journal Article

Book

Book Chapter

Conference Publication

Original Creative work

Live Performance

Curated Exhibition or Event

Recorded or Rendered work

Research Report

Australian Competitive Grant

Other Public sector

CRC

Industry and Other

International Competitive Peer Review

International Other

Australian Industry and Other

Patent

Research Commerciali

sation Income

Registered Design

Plant Breeders

Right

NHMRC Endure

Guideline


Member of Learned

Academy


Member of Statutory

Committee

Recipient of Aus. Council

grant or Fellowship

Institution + Field or Research (FoR)

Unit of Evaluation (UoE)

Researcher


Applied Measures

Esteem Measures

Research Output

Patent Research Commercialisation

Income

Registered Design

Plant Breeders Right

NHMRC Endure Guideline


Member of Learned Academy


Member of Statutory Committee

Recipient of Aus. Council grant or

Fellowship

Staff

Reference

Number

XML Schema vs XML Document

Web: arc.gov.au | Email: [email protected]

XSD XML

- Created by ARC- Part of Tech Pack- Naming convention - Data Structure- Validation Rules

- Data type- Data format- Mandatory data requirement

- Created by Institution- Multiple data item- Must follow XSD

Define Data Contain Data

XSD

XML

Submission Roles in SEER

ARC Roles Institution Roles

- ERA Repository Manager- ERA User Manager- Seer Officer (Admin role)- Submission Analyst- Submission Manager- Submission Analyst

- Institutional Liaison Officer- Institution Finaliser- Repository Manager- Institution Officer- Institution Certifier

Stage 0

Stage 1-2

Stage 3Upload

submission file

Certify Submission

Finalise Submission

Main Submission Tasks

Upload submission

file

Certify Submission

Finalise Submission

Institution Officer

Institution Certifier

Institution Finaliser

Check RepositoryRepository Manager

Test Institution Repository

Uncertify Submission

Approve Stage 2

submission

ERA Repository Manager

ERA User Manager

Submission Analyst

View Submission Dashboard

Submission Officer, Submission Manager,

Seer Officer

Reject Stage 2

submission

Manage User

account

Unfinalise SubmissionManage SEER

Configuration

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Repository Testing Instructions

• Step-wise Guide to testing for Repository Managers

• Distributed next week through ELOs

• Also to ELOs next week information about user roles and setting up accounts in SEER

Upload submission

file

View Error and

warning

Create UoE

Test Repository

Finalise stage 1

(ARC) Check data

integrity (stage2)

(ARC) Approve

submission

Finalise Stage 2

Electronically certified submission

Complete ERA Survey

Print to sign certification

Complete explanatory Statement

Upload submission

file

View Error and

warning

Create UoE

Test Repository

Finalise stage 1

(ARC) Check data

integrity (stage2)

(ARC) Approve

submission

Finalise Stage 2


Complete ERA Survey



Institution Liaison Officer view Institution Finaliser view

Upload submission

file

View Error and

warning

Create UoE

Test Repository

Finalise stage 1

(ARC) Check data

integrity (stage2)

(ARC) Approve

submission

Finalise Stage 2


Complete ERA Survey



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Questions?

1 excellence in research for australia (era) q & a session research administrators’ seminar 3...

Documents

era team university

australia eraq

common themes

broad range of issues

researcher eligibility